Welcome to the New Connections
To better serve our donor families and donation partners, we have transformed our printed Connections newsletter to deliver it to you — our loyal readers — electronically. Over the past few months, we have worked hard to enhance the way we provide you with news and information about Gift of Hope and organ and tissue donation that is timely and relevant to you. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we went through this transformation. We hope you will enjoy the new and enhanced Connections.
Please submit questions and or feedback to Connections’ Managing Editor Sonia Sotello at ssotello@giftofhope.org.
Feature Story
The Butterfly Effect of 8-Year-Old Organ & Tissue donor Maddox LoPriore
Maddox LoPriore / Organ & Tissue Donor
“He wasn’t planned. He was a gift, an angel, in the true sense of the word,” read Ralph LoPriore, the father of 8-year-old organ and tissue donor Maddox LoPriore. “We know that even more now that he has been taken from us. His time on this earth was magical.”
Maddox’s parents were devastated by their loss. But when the time came to speak with a Gift of Hope representative and consider organ and tissue donation on behalf of Maddox, they said, ‘yes.’